The Red Raiders just beat the darkness Oct. 11 at Crystal Lake Central, but had outlasted eight other league teams and won all seven titles in singles and doubles brackets. Huntley won the tournament for the fifth straight year with 61 points to runner-up Cary-Grove's 49.

Now the squad hopes to keep the momentum going strong when the Class 2A Sectional comes to Huntley's courts Oct.

The trait was on display as the Red Raiders outlasted Crystal Lake South, 2-1, in Fox Valley Conference action Oct. 15. After a 26-28 loss, Huntley won 25-10, 25-11. The meant another 20-win season for HHS, the 10th straight in full seasons. Huntley, 20-7, was 13-2 FVC with three loop matches left.

“The main thing now is to play well in FVC matches so we don't have to share the title,” coach Karen Naymola said.

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Huntley senior Maddie Sloan fought for the 10th and final individual spot and ended with a round of 84. She finished one spot from a state bid as Wheaton North's Ariana Savenok won the playoff hole at Atwood Homestead Golf Course in Rockford Oct. 8.

Huntley girls golf coach Lindsey Allen described Sloan's round.

“Sloan had a great sectional,” Allen said.

Senior Taig Bhathal had the best round of an HHS golfer as he shot a 78 for 33rd place.

Also for the Red Raiders: junior Grey Birkmeier fired an 80 for second on the HHS team, 45th overall; junior Jack Policheri and sophomore Carson Elder both turned in a score of 83, for 60th; junior Austin Matich had an 84 for 66th while soph Nate Haisch's 89 for 85th rounded out the scoring.

The Scots continued to rise in  NJCAA Division II ranking to 13th and the Scots outlasted a key Skyway Conference foe.

The Scots include Huntley resident Amanda Schaffer, one of the team's setters and Huntley alumna Emily Willis, an outside hitter. MCC, 22-2 overall, 6-0 Skyway Conference, edged Skyway rival Moraine Valley by a 3-2 sets score. The Scots won 25-21, lost two sets, 25-23 and 25-21 but bounced back with 25-22, 18-16 victories Oct.

The Red Raiders' depth was tested by an injury and Prairie Ridge, a team which came into an Oct. 8 match with a shared 10-2 FVC lead and a six-game win streak. Host Huntley eventually prevailed, 25-21, 19-25, 25-14.

With the win, Huntley opened a lead at 11-2 FVC, over Prairie Ridge and Hampshire's 10-3 records.

The injury was to Huntley junior setter Abby Whitehouse, who had to miss the third set.

"I participate in the year-round market," Workowski, who lives in rural Marengo, and is a Huntley High School alum, said. "You look forward to it."

He brings all wildflower honey in various sizes.

"The bees seal it in hives and you have to extricate it from them,”  Workowski said. “We also have jams, pickles, and salsa beets."

The final outdoor Farmer's Market will take place from 8 a.m.

Huntley improved to 4-2 Fox Valley Conference, 4-2 overall ahead of a key clash with league leader Cary-Grove Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. at Red Raider Stadium.

Quarterback Braylon Bower ran for three touchdowns and threw for another as Huntley put together a 21-0 second half spree against the Gators.

"I found out with about five minutes before the match I would be starting," Reynolds said.

It was last season's sectional after Huntley had won a share of the Fox Valley Conference title, a Class 3A regional championship and faced Elgin at Round Lake. Elgin prevailed 4-1.

Reynolds is now settled in as the Red Raiders' top goalie.

"I feel a lot more confident now," Reynolds said.

First responders at the session were from the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District, Huntley Area Fire Protection District (HAFPD), Algonquin Police Department and Southeast Emergency Communications. The event for ages 3 to 7 and their caregivers, was the first of its kind at the library and coincided with Fire Prevention Month's first week, on Oct.

Numbers tell the achievements for the Red Raiders, now 3-2 overall, 3-2 FVC after a 29-22 win at Hampshire Sept. 27. Jordan Oruche caught a 20-yard touchdown pass from Braylon Bower with four minutes left for the final margin last Friday.

HHS's passing attack is led by senior quarterback Bower.

The former Red Raiders bring the total of recent alumni currently at McHenry County College to 10. The Scots' ladies are in the midst of their Skyway Conference season (2-1 record, 4-1  overall and ranked third in the region) while the men are preparing for next spring's season. Hibbeler and Stec were both selected as team captain.

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Maddie Sloan tallied an 82 stroke total, 40 front nine, 42 back nine, for fourth place Sept. 25. Sophomore Kinsey Hayes shot an 47-42, 85 and was 10th. The Red Raiders finished fourth in team standings with a 377 team score in the meet won by Crystal Lake Central Co-op.

"I think we have had a solid season so far, with nine players back from our FVC championship team last season, They have all been doing very well,” coach Barry Wells said.

The Red Raiders won two matches over Prairie Ridge and Hampshire last week and were 6-0 in FVC duals, 16-2 overall. They face Cary-Grove in a key league battle there Sept.

Schwan recently won two gold medals in two Illinois Senior Olympics competition singles for age 75 plus. Illinois Senior Olympics conducts the games, offering with many sports for ages 50 and above.

Schwan won tournaments at Springfield for Illinois Sept. 14 and earlier in Milwaukee for the Wisconsin state titles.

“I was quite elated to win the gold medal in Springfield,” Schwan said. “I was behind 5-0 in the gold medal match before winning 15-7.